How to Use bemused in a Sentence

bemused

adjective

• At the top, the two agree to fight as a bemused river god looks on.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
• The snap had a number of fans both concerned and bemused.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• Ike looks on at this exchange with a bemused smile on his face.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Claire sticks around as the bemused third wheel; Danny and Colleen shoot off the right kind of awkward sparks.
  — Jonathan L. Fischer, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
• And yet Gauff seemed to close out the week in a state of bemused resignation.
  — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
• In the end, the greatest prank of all is a late night TV host making themselves cry in front of a bemused peer.
  — Tom Philip, GQ, 20 Apr. 2018
• By the end, he was sprawled out on the giant NFL logo in front of a bemused audience.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2022
• The crowd, from wide-eyed young fans to bemused parents, seemed to know every word of every song.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 26 July 2019
• Both bemused and touched, Hana Sofia agreed and the two women exchanged numbers.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
• There was a bemused silence as her team processed the request.
  — The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2021
• In some ways, the two were opposites: Brooks the clown, Reiner the bemused observer.
  — Todd Leopold and Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 July 2020
• On the whole, however, the humor is more bemused smirk than belly laugh.
  — Katie Rife, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022
• The vibe on her presence is mainly bemused and a little confused.
  — Vulture, 10 May 2023
• At the dining table in Turin, L. seemed bemused by all the attention, and said little.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
• Buried in a makeup mountain and two key prosthetics, James nails the icon's persona of bemused what-me-naked?
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2022
• Mike Piazza still seems bemused by the twists of fate in 1998 and beyond that have turned him into a franchise icon.
  — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
• The photo showed an A4-sized printout of a cat's face, looking slightly bemused.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
• The whole exchange is painful, from the bemused looks of those on-stage, to the audience rumbling as this whole sordid affair plays out.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2018
• Wallis said he was disappointed about the switch and a little bemused since he’s used to cold at home.
  — Michelle L. Price and Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
• Eventually the Red Sox wound up with the last set of laughs, going from bemused to finishing off a rout.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
• Moore’s speech drew some applause, but mostly a lot of boos, bemused expressions and crossed arms.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• But even before the first handshake, Trump sounded bemused.
  — Nik Popli, Time, 5 May 2025
• Three centuries later, Gilbert Norrell rolls up, bewigged and less than bemused, to bring it back.
  — Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
• Chicago regarded her creation with the fierce and slightly bemused love of a parent for a grown child.
  — Sasha Weiss, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
• He was somewhat bemused at the difficultly of the car driver.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
• His facial expressions are often pained or bemused.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
• Meghan gave a theatrical, bemused shrug before returning to eating a piece of pie.
  — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
• Glasnow threw to Freeman who tagged the bemused Bichette out.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
• Many of the British people in the audience were left bemused.
  — Diane Brady, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
• My cousins rose to greet me and my mother, and for a second we were all bemused.
  — Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025